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Huh.. this paper introduces a technique that works the way I originally had understood CRISPR/Cas9 to work based on my casual reading of the technology. So that
by po 11y ago
Huh.. this paper introduces a technique that works the way I originally had understood CRISPR/Cas9 to work based on my casual reading of the technology. So that's pretty good news and I should apply my previous excitement about it here I guess!
- gmarx 11y agoThis is pretty typical of popular press descriptions of new science and tech. Initially describe it as though it works flawlessly. Reveal flaws only later in the context of their having been dealt with. I also used to see this a lot back when I was an audiophile. A new piece of kit would be reviewed as absolutely amazing and worthy of its huge price. Then a few years later a new bit of equipment would be praised as improving on the previously reviewed one's well known flaws.